1. What countries are linked by a 32-mile rail tunnel beneath the English Channel? England and France
2. Explain how engineers convinced passengers that it was safe to build such a tunnel? The Tunnel or Chunnel actually consists of three tunnels. Two of the tubes are full sized and accommodate rail traffic.Between the two train tunnels is a smaller service tunnel that serves as an emergency escape route.
3. What is the North Sea Protection Works and its significance? It is a singularly unique, vast and complex system of dams, floodgates, storm surge barriers and other engineered works that literally allows the Netherlands to exist.
4. What is the project’s crowning touch? The project's crowning touch is the Eastern Schelde Barrier, a two-mile barrier of tell gates slung between massive concrete piers, which fall only when storm-waters threaten flooding.
5. This bridge is known by locals as the "Coathanger"?
Sydney Harbour Bridge, It will be 79 years in 2011
6. List 3 things you learned from this activity?
I hope they answer things like: Learned some geography, got me interested in travel, I learned about how mankind can work together to achieve greatness.
United States Landmarks
1. What was the other name given to the hoover dam between 1933-1947? What was the reason defending the change? It was called Boulder Dam, the reason given to defend the decision was that the men who pioneered this project knew it as such.
2. Before work could start on the Dam what did workers do to the river? Workers has to deviate the river, they built four tunnels 50 ft in diameter and drilled through the solid rock walls of black canyon.
3. What did people Jokingly refer to as Colter's Hell? Yellowstone Park
4. Why was it so important that the “Act to protect the birds and the animals in Yellowstone National Park” be signed and passed? When was the act signed and by which president?The act was important because people were poaching animals and vandalizing the park by taking pieces of geysers. The act was signed May 7, 1894 by president Grover Cleveland.
5. Who's mother is Lady Liberty's face rumored to be based on? The Sculptor, Frederic Aguste Bartholdi.
Asia's Famous Landmarks
1. Why was the Great Wall of China built?
It was built to prevent the northern nomadic tribes and Manchus from stealing property and escaping from China.
2. What was the Terracotta Army guarding? The army was guarding the tomb of the First Emperor of China.
3. What is the world's largest palace complex? How many years did it take to be built? The Forbidden City; 14 years.
4. Why is the Taj Mahal known as the memorial to love? It was built as a memorial for Shah Jahan's wife who passed away after complications from giving birth.
5. Besides silk, what other materials were traded on the Silk Road? Animals, plants, gold, and ivory.
Landmarks in Latin America
1. How many individual water falls are contained within the area of the Iguazú Falls?
275 waterfalls cascade into a great gorge at Iguazú
2. Chile's Atacama Desert has not seen a single drop of rainwater since formal record keeping began in Chile. How do the native peoples of the Atacama collect water and survive in this harsh environment?
Natives use nets to capture a thick fog that permeates the dessert during the night called camanchaca. The fog’s precipitation is then funneled into pipes which are then fed into peoples’ homes and irrigation systems.
3. What year was the Panama Canal officially opened for shipping traffic? What was the name of the first vessel to pass through the canal?
In August 15, 1914 the Panama Canal was officially opened with the passing of the SS Ancon.
4. When was the lost city of Machu Picchu rediscovered? Where is the city located?
Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a professor from Yale. The city is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.
5. What does the word Chichen Itza mean? What New Seven wonder of the world is located within Chichen Itza?
Chichen Itza means “at the mouth of the well of Itza”. The Kukulkan Pyramid is located within Chichen Itza and is now considered one of the new great Seven Wonders of the World.
1. What countries are linked by a 32-mile rail tunnel beneath the English Channel?
England and France
2. Explain how engineers convinced passengers that it was safe to build such a tunnel?
The Tunnel or Chunnel actually consists of three tunnels. Two of the tubes are full sized and accommodate rail traffic.Between the two train tunnels is a smaller service tunnel that serves as an emergency escape route.
3. What is the North Sea Protection Works and its significance? It is a singularly unique, vast and complex system of dams, floodgates, storm surge barriers and other engineered works that literally allows the Netherlands to exist.
4. What is the project’s crowning touch? The project's crowning touch is the Eastern Schelde Barrier, a two-mile barrier of tell gates slung between massive concrete piers, which fall only when storm-waters threaten flooding.
5. This bridge is known by locals as the "Coathanger"?
Sydney Harbour Bridge, It will be 79 years in 2011
6. List 3 things you learned from this activity?
I hope they answer things like: Learned some geography, got me interested in travel, I learned about how mankind can work together to achieve greatness.
United States Landmarks
1. What was the other name given to the hoover dam between 1933-1947? What was the reason defending the change?
It was called Boulder Dam, the reason given to defend the decision was that the men who pioneered this project knew it as such.
2. Before work could start on the Dam what did workers do to the river?
Workers has to deviate the river, they built four tunnels 50 ft in diameter and drilled through the solid rock walls of black canyon.
3. What did people Jokingly refer to as Colter's Hell?
Yellowstone Park
4. Why was it so important that the “Act to protect the birds and the animals in Yellowstone National Park” be signed and passed? When was the act signed and by which president?The act was important because people were poaching animals and vandalizing the park by taking pieces of geysers. The act was signed May 7, 1894 by president Grover Cleveland.
5. Who's mother is Lady Liberty's face rumored to be based on?
The Sculptor, Frederic Aguste Bartholdi.
Asia's Famous Landmarks
1. Why was the Great Wall of China built?
It was built to prevent the northern nomadic tribes and Manchus from stealing property and escaping from China.
2. What was the Terracotta Army guarding?
The army was guarding the tomb of the First Emperor of China.
3. What is the world's largest palace complex? How many years did it take to be built?
The Forbidden City; 14 years.
4. Why is the Taj Mahal known as the memorial to love?
It was built as a memorial for Shah Jahan's wife who passed away after complications from giving birth.
5. Besides silk, what other materials were traded on the Silk Road?
Animals, plants, gold, and ivory.
Landmarks in Latin America
1. How many individual water falls are contained within the area of the Iguazú Falls?
275 waterfalls cascade into a great gorge at Iguazú
2. Chile's Atacama Desert has not seen a single drop of rainwater since formal record keeping began in Chile. How do the native peoples of the Atacama collect water and survive in this harsh environment?
Natives use nets to capture a thick fog that permeates the dessert during the night called camanchaca. The fog’s precipitation is then funneled into pipes which are then fed into peoples’ homes and irrigation systems.
3. What year was the Panama Canal officially opened for shipping traffic? What was the name of the first vessel to pass through the canal?
In August 15, 1914 the Panama Canal was officially opened with the passing of the SS Ancon.
4. When was the lost city of Machu Picchu rediscovered? Where is the city located?
Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a professor from Yale. The city is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.
5. What does the word Chichen Itza mean? What New Seven wonder of the world is located within Chichen Itza?
Chichen Itza means “at the mouth of the well of Itza”. The Kukulkan Pyramid is located within Chichen Itza and is now considered one of the new great Seven Wonders of the World.